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   by guigui 2y ago

   Unfortunately no! We did want to add secret stuff like hidden doors or fake walls back then, but we had to keep scope under control since that was only a promotional demo for our studio. Edit: not sure if you're talking about Equinox o
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   by guigui 2y ago

   Author here, not sure why this is posted today as this project is from 2015, but feel free check out our latest WebGL project if you liked Keep Out: https://equinox.space EDIT: thanks for all the great feedback!
3. 33.▲
   by guigui 2y ago

   Thank you, glad you got to enjoy our little warp visual effect!
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   by guigui 2y ago

   Three.js. Why it weighs only 45mb: the 3D environment isn’t that detailed, and we use Draco compression on the model files which has huge benefits in terms of file size. In addition, the art style requires few textures, and we use KTX2 comp
5. 35.▲
   by guigui 2y ago

   Thank you. Answered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40114774
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   by guigui 2y ago

   We sure hope that game publishers/studios will find Equinox inspiring. We're working on some behind-the-scenes content that will most likely be published on X and LinkedIn. You can follow us if you're interested: https:&#x2F
7. 37.▲
   by guigui 2y ago

   Thanks, we'll keep this in mind for a possible future version.
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   by guigui 2y ago

   It roughly took 5-6 months in total over a span of 1-2 years (we paused development several times to work on client projects). I recommend diving into Three.js (or other WebGL libraries), and learning Blender or similar to create your own
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   by guigui 2y ago

   All valid points, and I completely agree that the narrative could have a bit more depth to it. I really wish there were more puzzles to solve. However, at the end of the day, we had to keep the scope under control, which was already quite l
10. 40.▲
    by guigui 2y ago

    Thanks, old friend. Always a pleasure to build cool stuff for a web browser, like in the good old days. ;)
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Thanks, we'll look into it.
12. 42.▲
    by guigui 2y ago

    Babylon would have been a perfectly good choice to build this experience, but we have a preference for the three.js API.
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    by guigui 2y ago

    The project runs on Three.js, a JavaScript WebGL library, which explains the low startup time.
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Sorry about that. Does it happen also on this three.js example? https://threejs.org/examples/?q=pointerlock#misc_controls_po... You can try to change the controls mode in the in-game menu (ESC key).
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Sorry to hear that. That's weird, because we tested on a Pixel 3 and had decent performance.
16. 46.▲
    by guigui 2y ago

    Yes, sorry. That's one of the many little features that we wanted to add but didn't make the cut. We may add this in a future update.
17. 47.▲
    by guigui 2y ago

    Thanks, making it available and actually playable on mobile was definitely a challenge. One of our inspiration for the mobile controls was the iOS version of the game The Witness.
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Thanks, this was done by a team of only 2 people over a span of 1.5 years, working on it intermittently between client projects, totaling approximately 5-6 months of work.
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Yes, it's running on Three.js. This comment from co-author Franck roughly sums it up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40114297
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Thanks! Congrats on making it to the end. This is too broad a topic to cover here, but I'd say the most valuable skill is the ability to constantly learn new tools and techniques.
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Thanks hackton. Really appreciate it! While creating Equinox, it frequently felt like we were working on tiny details that hardly anyone would notice. But ultimately I believe that immersion largely relies on the accumulation of all these s
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Thank you! Yes, making it available on mobile devices was one of our priorities from the start (even though the desktop experience remains the best one). Phones do tend to heat up when rendering complex WebGL applications.
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Author here. Happy to answer any questions! Some background info on the project: https://littleworkshop.fr/projects/equinox/
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    by guigui 2y ago

    Author here. It's amusing to see this resurfacing today since it was released 7 years ago. I suppose it's due to the recent launch of our latest WebGL experience: https://equinox.space It's an immersive space surv
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    Equinox – A WebGL Space Adventure(equinox.space)

    3 points by guigui 2y ago|0 comments
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    TRACK – A musical experience built with WebGL(demos.littleworkshop.fr)

    2 points by guigui 8y ago|0 comments
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    by guigui 8y ago

    Congratulations! From the few minutes that I've played, this looks really polished, especially for a web game. I'm curious to know what kind of promotion efforts you had to do to reach 130k units? Was it just word-of-mouth and goo
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    by guigui 9y ago

    Thanks, Keep Out is also my favorite project. Our first web game, http://browserquest.mozilla.org , was actually open source: https://github.com/mozilla/Browserquest
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    by guigui 9y ago

    We just wanted to improve loading speed by serving a Google-hosted version of jQuery (which is most likely already in users' browser cache).
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    by guigui 9y ago

    Thanks. Unfortunately, there's no way to rotate the camera (not because of technical limitations, but simply because it wasn't part of our vision). There is some car detection code but it's far from perfect and collisions hap